Idle way rich

I agree, but you are the one bringing up timing, this is not a timing issue, this is a low speed air issue which I believe is caused by to much signal at the carb caused by a carburetor that is to small for the cubic inch he is running, I know others will say the carb is just fine or that they run a carb this size on there motor and it is just fine, but a 750 is to small for this motor

He brings up timing, because the timing is the FIRST tuning aspect that needs to be addressed and ironed out before moving on. If it's not right, nothing else will be.